Digby Gribble Sunninghill Park Royal Oak who was one of the first Bulls released in 2001 has 6 daughters classified Excellent, . He has 12 other VG daughters. He had 100 registered daughters and his only son to be used in AI Beechgrove Cornelius gained his first proof in April 09.There is semen …
These 29 cows and heifers are taken from the April 2009 Dairy Co list of top cows and have a £PLI score of more than +£150.
The average for the 29 is as follows
Dairy Co released the revised proofs in early April 09 and there are 25 heifers listed in the Top 1000 with a GMI of +350, 6 of these were in the January list but their figures have all risen.
For the first time there are heifers with GMI’s of over +500 and heading the list is Brymor Peggy 24 whose GMI has risen by +65 to +554 GMI. This daughter of Helium is a granddaughter of Brymor Peggy 9 EX90 who was probably the best daughter of Sagittarius. Peggy 24 is the 4th generation of the cow family to be Good Plus or better.
The second heifer with a GMI of over +500 is Blacknor Margaret 160, a Tiresford Pedro daughter classified H86 and she was Heifer Champion at the Bath & West in 2008 and is the third generation VG, her GMI +541.
April 09 Guernsey Bull Proofs from Dairy Co were released on 7th April 2009.
The top 2 bulls have both improved their figures since the Jan 09 proof run and I have added both sets of figures to the tables included.
Number Three in this series is Tiresford Posie 2, she has recently been classified EX 93 and is now in her 6th lactation. She has done over 40 thousand Kgs Lifetime and has a index within the herd of 123.
At yesterdays AGM of the SWGA the results of the annual competitions that had been judged on farm last Autumn by David Crouch were announced and the trophies were presented.
21 herds took part, some for the first time, and included herds in Cornwall, Devon, Gloucester, Isle of Wight, Somerset and Wiltshire. David Crouch commented on the quality of the cattle seen and in particular the young stock.
These competitions are decided by a combination of inspection points and production points plus points for regular calving. The young stock are judged seperately and the points are added for the overall prizes. The herds are split into 3 sections according to herd size.
The second cow in this series is Nuthurst Princess 584, she is one of two Nuthurst cows in the Jan 09 Dairy Co top 1000 with more than eight calves.
The All Britain-All Breeds Calf Show 2009
The All Breeds Calf Show had to be postponed in October 2008 as a result of the Blue Tongue vaccination programme having not been extended to the North of England and Scotland which would have prevented several of the regular exhibitors from taking part in what is the only truly representative show of cattle from all corners of the UK.
These 23 Young bulls have been registered with EGCS between August 07 and November 08 and will provide bulls for AI but also will be used as Natural Service sires. Ever since the launch of GGBP in 2001, one of the statistics calculated has been the percentage of daughters registered by Proven Sires, by Young Sires used in AI and Natural Service Sires.
